Corey5150
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- Apr 14, 2019
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- Learn about ALS
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- CA
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- NB
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- Fredericton
Hey everyone,
I’ve been doing lots of research and not getting good information from my doctors - and it’s gotten to a point where I’m getting extremely anxious/scared and just need help and opinions from others.
So I suffer from muscle atrophy and weakness in my left side (notably my left pec, left lat and left tricep). I’m an avid powerlifter and bodybuilder - and I noticed the weakness on 02/20 when I was benching 455 on my previous chest day only to struggle with 225 this one. Since then I have a hard time contracting my chest to its fullest capability as well as my lat and also I think important to mention I’ve never had any trauma, pain, numbness, tingling, etc... if I didn’t train I wouldn’t know I was impaired at all. I’ve also had some small muscle spasms in my left tricep and my left pec (the frequency has definitely lessened - can’t remember the last time it happened).
By the way I’ve read the sticky. I’ve never lost “full strength” since the initial notice, other than the atrophy the loss of strength hasn’t been getting worse. This is where I’m getting confused.
Last Wednesday I had a NC/EMG done with a physiatrist. During the exam he did several reflex tests and then did the NC and said everything looks normal. Now during the EMG he noticed some abnormalities - I can’t remember specifically as I didn’t know what to look for but on my tricep he kept telling me to relax - so I figure that’s gotta be one of them. At the end of the exam he said he noticed some entrapment at the C6 C7, said some of the atrophy probably won’t go away - but that it also shouldn’t get worse. Now I would LOVE to believe it’s simply a pinched nerve, but even he finds it weird I have no sensory issues.
I’ve been doing lots of research and not getting good information from my doctors - and it’s gotten to a point where I’m getting extremely anxious/scared and just need help and opinions from others.
So I suffer from muscle atrophy and weakness in my left side (notably my left pec, left lat and left tricep). I’m an avid powerlifter and bodybuilder - and I noticed the weakness on 02/20 when I was benching 455 on my previous chest day only to struggle with 225 this one. Since then I have a hard time contracting my chest to its fullest capability as well as my lat and also I think important to mention I’ve never had any trauma, pain, numbness, tingling, etc... if I didn’t train I wouldn’t know I was impaired at all. I’ve also had some small muscle spasms in my left tricep and my left pec (the frequency has definitely lessened - can’t remember the last time it happened).
By the way I’ve read the sticky. I’ve never lost “full strength” since the initial notice, other than the atrophy the loss of strength hasn’t been getting worse. This is where I’m getting confused.
Last Wednesday I had a NC/EMG done with a physiatrist. During the exam he did several reflex tests and then did the NC and said everything looks normal. Now during the EMG he noticed some abnormalities - I can’t remember specifically as I didn’t know what to look for but on my tricep he kept telling me to relax - so I figure that’s gotta be one of them. At the end of the exam he said he noticed some entrapment at the C6 C7, said some of the atrophy probably won’t go away - but that it also shouldn’t get worse. Now I would LOVE to believe it’s simply a pinched nerve, but even he finds it weird I have no sensory issues.